On the wedding night, Prince Qing died.
This news was like a tornado, sweeping across the entire capital in the blink of an eye, and the entire city was in an uproar the next day.
Emperor Wu Sheng issued a serious order to thoroughly investigate the cause of death.
As the only eyewitness at the scene, Lin Xiaoman kept muttering, "Wuwuwu... I don't know, we were just... suddenly he became like this... Wuwuwu... I really don't know what happened... Wuwuwu..."
Lin Xiaoman was crying and looked weak, helpless and pitiful, because the character of the seventeenth princess Yang Yixi, a timid and cowardly person who was bullied, was deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Even the shrewd Emperor Desheng didn't think she was the one responsible. No one else suspected that Lin Xiaoman, a weak and powerless woman, was responsible.
Prince Qing's death was strange.
Emperor Wu Sheng had fought secretly with Su Beici countless times, and he simply didn't believe that this little wolf cub would die so easily.
After looking at the corpse carefully again and again, Emperor Wu Sheng was more inclined to believe that Su Beici had faked his death.
After a joint investigation by imperial physicians, coroners and other "experts", it was concluded that the cause of death was due to improper use of certain stimulant drugs and excessive excitement in the bridal chamber, which accidentally ruptured a blood vessel in the brain and caused death from a cerebral hemorrhage.
The cause of death has been revealed, but as to why Prince Qing took a certain medicine at such a young age, this remains to be investigated.
Anyway, Prince Qing was not murdered, but died of excessive excitement.
The case was closed by the Dali Temple Minister, and the cause of Prince Qing's death was determined to be a sudden death from a serious illness!
After all, she died in the bridal chamber, and it would be shameful if such a thing were to be spread.
Lin Xiaoman happily became a widow, and a princess widow wearing imperial robes. It was awesome! Of course, she could just be happy in her heart, but she had to cry on the surface during the funeral.
According to the rules of Dagan, people of status usually have to keep their coffins for seven days before they can be buried.
The red lanterns in Prince Qing’s mansion turned into white lanterns, and the red event turned into a happy event.
Lin Xiaoman was dressed in white. These days, she just cried and burned paper for the bad man. Her life was relatively peaceful.
However, this calmness is obviously superficial. Beneath the surface of the lake, there is a turbulent undercurrent.
The day after Prince Qing's death, Emperor Wu Sheng could not wait to issue several imperial edicts, appointing a group of civil and military officials to go to Prince Qing's fiefdom, Chuzhou Zhiyuan Prefecture, to take office and take over all affairs in Chuzhou, including the 300,000-strong Dingyuan Army.
Emperor Wu Sheng's confidants set out at full speed, trying to get to Chuzhou as soon as possible and take charge of Chuzhou.
While Emperor Wu Sheng was taking action, Su Beici, who had left the capital, also launched a series of follow-up moves.
When the news of Prince Qing's death was spreading throughout the capital, a rumor had already spread in a small circle before he was buried.
Prince Qing was actually poisoned to death by a cup of wedding wine bestowed by Emperor Wu Sheng!
As for why?
Emperor Wusheng is narrow-minded and cannot tolerate a minister like Prince Qing who is more meritorious than the emperor!
This news spread quickly in private like a spark that set the prairie on fire.
Upon hearing this news, Emperor Wu Sheng was furious and wanted to arrest and chop off all those people who spread the rumors!
It was obvious that that bastard Su Beici faked his own death!
How dare you throw dirty water on him! Do you really think he's a vegetarian?
But because they have some concerns, after all, intellectuals are all very secretive. If you don't let them speak, they will insist on speaking. If you intervene, they will say that you are trying to cover up your mistake.
Emperor Wu Sheng endured it at first.
However, the rumor intensified and became more and more intense, directly turning into "The emperor is incompetent and cruel, and cannot tolerate his ministers and kills loyal officials!"
The people were filled with curses. Emperor Wu Sheng was furious and could no longer tolerate it. He slammed the dragon throne with red eyes and issued an order: Anyone who spreads false rumors to confuse the people will be executed immediately!
The notorious Jinlin Guard, avoided by everyone, immediately became like a vicious dog out of a cage, biting the enemy for their master.
The Jinlin Guards launched a large-scale arrest operation in the capital. Anyone who talked about the cause of Prince Qing's death, anyone who spoke disrespectfully to the emperor, anyone who insulted the royal family, anyone who talked about state affairs... would be killed in one fell swoop. If they were caught in the act, they would be killed with a single blow.
The commander-in-chief of the Jinlin Guard took this opportunity to eliminate dissidents and promote his confidants.
He used frame-up and torture to get rid of several of his political enemies, and many court officials were implicated.
For a time, the entire capital was in a panic and everyone was in danger.
There was a storm outside, and I was crying for seven days. Lin Xiaoman had a sad face, but she buried the damn man happily in her heart.
The Mausoleum of King Qing is already there, so there is no need to choose a new location.
The stone sealing the door of the mausoleum fell down.
OK, time to call it a day, let’s go home!
She probably wanted to stay in Prince Qing's Mansion to continue the investigation. The dowry given to her by the old emperor remained with Lin Xiaoman, and on the surface they were respectful to her and let her order them around.
These people, the two old maids, Nanny Gao and Nanny Zhou, look like old and cunning people, and their martial arts skills should be quite good. There are more than a dozen palace maids and a 30-person guard team. The team leader is called Qi Yu, but based on preliminary judgment, Lin Xiaoman feels that Captain Qi's martial arts skills are not as high as those of the two old maids.
Of course, these people are no match for her!
On the second day after Prince Qing was buried, without Lin Xiaoman asking for permission, Grandma Gao went to find the steward of the palace, Wang, and asked for the power to manage the household.
Wang Kai, the steward of the Prince Qing's Mansion, was about forty years old. He looked honest and fawning. On that day, he brought the relevant account books, the deeds of the palace's fields, manors, and shops, and carefully explained the assets under the name of the Prince Qing's Mansion, as well as the situation of the relevant servants.
Prince Qing's fiefdom was Chuzhou, which was located northwest of Dagan and close to the border. It had now been taken back by Emperor Wu Sheng, so she had nothing to do with it.
The Prince Qing's property in Yongzhou's Jingzhao Prefecture included three shops in the capital and two farms outside the city, totaling more than 400 acres of fertile land.
This asset is not much, but it is acceptable. At least it is much better than what she has as a poor person!
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lin Xiaoman, with a silly look on his face as if he didn't understand anything, directly handed over the power of the housekeeper to Grandma Gao.
After completing the handover work for the day, Lin Xiaoman went to bed early. In the middle of the night, he took out his small silver needle and decisively gave an injection to Liu Lu who was sleeping on the footstool.
"Liu Lu, Liu Lu?"
Lin Xiaoman called out twice, but Liu Lu was sleeping like a dead pig and didn't respond at all.
Great, action!
Using a pillow to form a human figure under the quilt, Lin Xiaoman quietly got out of bed and changed into a simple dark-colored outfit.
Oh, she is so miserable, she doesn’t even have a nightgown.
After holding his breath and listening carefully to make sure that there was no one around the house, Lin Xiaoman quietly went out and disappeared into the night.
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